The Happy Prince – The Selfish Giant A Class Project
Sara Menacho 1ºB IES Cristo Del Rosario – Zafra (Badajoz) 12/02/2013
INFORMATION ABOUT THE BOOK
Title: The happy prince - The Selfish Giant Author: Oscar Wilde Publishing House: Black cat, Vicens Vives. Main Characters: The happy prince: is a statue of a happy price, he is covered with gold, he has two blue sapphieres for eyes and on his sword there is a big red ruby. The little swallow: it’s a little swallow but with a big heart, he fly to Egypt with his friends. The Selfish Giant: he is very tall and big, and very selfish with the children.
Summary The Happy Prince: In this history, the statue of the happy prince is very sad and alone. One day a little swallow approached him and he talked to it. They spoke and together helped poor people. The little swallow took parts from the prince’s body and gave it to the poors persons. At the end, the little swallow died and the prince’s heart broke. An angel took them to a paradise much better, where the swallow can sing and the prince can live forever. Personal Opinion: I like this history because is very nice and teaches that we must have a good heart.
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The Selfish Giant: Once upon a time a selfish giant had a beautiful garden where the children went to play every day when he go away. There always were spring. He was very unfriendly and one day he builded a wall to stop the children play in his garden and always was winter. He felt very alone and one day there were a hole in the wall and the children go back to the garden. He notices that they were happy and was spring again. So he let the children play and was happy. Finally the giant died under a tree.
Personal Opinion: this is a very beautiful history and I learned that is better be good than selfish.
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VOCABULARY CHART Name:
Class:
Title:
WORD
Date: Chapter:
MEANING
SENTENCE
drop
gota
-A drop fell on the floor
tomb
tumba
-We found the skeleton in the tomb.
heart
corazon
-My heart is broken
tears
lagrimas
-The tears stream down my face.
swallow
golondrina
-We heard sing the swallow
roar
rugir
-The lions roar at night.
firewood
le単a
-There are firewood in the park.
puddle
charco
-I step on a puddle.
nest
nido
-The birds are in the nest.
shappire
zafiro
-The shappire was very expensive.
misery
miseria
-Poor people live in misery.
leaf
hoja
-The leaf fell from the tree.
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VOCABULARY CHART Name:
Class:
Title:
Date: Chapter:
WORD
MEANING
SENTENCE
dull
apagado, sombrio -The street was very dull.
laugh
reir
-I laugh with the joke.
caps
gorras
-He’s wearing caps.
peach
melocoton
-I like peach very much.
ogre
ogro
-The ogre is horrible.
stones
piedras
-I stumbled with stones.
cloak
capa
-She is wearing a cloak.
builds
construir
-He builds a house with sand.
climb
escalar
-He climbed the tree.
knock down
destruir
-The tsunami knock down the city.
playground
patio de recreo
-The children are in the playground.
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VOCABULARY CHART Name:
Class:
Title:
WORD
Date: Chapter:
MEANING
SENTENCE
axe
hacha
-The woodcutter cut the tree with the axe.
wall
muro
-The wall separates the houses.
enormous
enorme
-The giant looks enormous.
wounds
heridas
-The wounds hurt in the body.
marks
marcas
-These are some marks of wounds.
nails
clavos
-He used nails for the construction.
kneels
arrodillarse
-She kneels for pray.
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